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Why is Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy doubling down on conspiracy theories?
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, is shown in this post discussing conspiracy ideas, including the Great Replacement. This post demonstrates the conspiracy theory since Vivek discusses Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11 and asserts, without providing any real proof, that the replacement idea is accurate. Since the replacement hypothesis and the 9/11 attacks have nothing…
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Large body of misinformation is fueling American gun violence
Tom Gabor and Fred Guttenberg. "Large body of misinformation is fueling American gun violence." Published at 11:07 a.m. ET June 7, 2023 https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/06/07/gun-misinformation-fuels-american-violence/70281179007/ The sentence emphasizes how widely the gun lobby has spread false information about the safety and ownership of firearms in America. Gun control advocates point to phrases like "people kill, not guns"…
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Gun Violence Misinformation Panel Speaks to Creating Informed Policy Debate
April 26, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research https://today.uconn.edu/2022/04/gun-violence-misinformation-panel-speaks-to-creating-informed-policy-debate/# The goal of the public panel was to draw attention to how common misinformation is in the national discourse on gun laws and to start a conversation about how misinformation affects the decisions made about policies. Participant Raissian…
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